Overview

• Justice Somasekhar Sundaresan set aside the May interim order that had barred MIAL from concluding tenders for ground and bridge handling services at Mumbai airport
• The bench pointed to the Delhi High Court’s July 7 dismissal of Celebi’s challenge to its security clearance revocation on national security grounds
• Indo Thai Airport Services continues interim handling with Celebi’s transferred employees and equipment at Mumbai airport
• MIAL’s May 17 tender process for a new ground-handling provider is now free to proceed to final award
• Celebi’s separate petition against its security clearance revocation remains pending before a Bombay HC division bench as contract conciliation advances